Mealey's (April 25, 2023, 8:23 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Whether a jury heard a judge’s sidebar comments about a defense expert after alleged misstatements about whether the asbestos defendant supplied asbestos-containing gaskets with its valves and whether those comments and other actions “are particularly egregious” and warrant sanctions came before a New York justice in post-trial motions after a $23 million verdict....